Beer-pipe-cleaning machine.



W. GMANN.

BEER PIPE GLEANING MAGHINE.

APPLICATION' FILED 0OT.8. 1908.

Patented Apr. 6, 1909.l

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WILHELM GMANN, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

BEER-PIPE -CLE ANING MACHINE Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 6, 1909'.

Application i'led October 8, 1908. Serial No. 456,844.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, WILHELM GMANN, a su bject of the Emperor of Germany, residing at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Beer-Pipe- Oleaning Machines, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to beer-pipe cleaning machines, and has for its object to provide a machine of a simplified construction and which is lighter than those hitherto used for the same purpose.

Another object of my invention is to equip the machine With an atomizer which will allow of the chemical solution used for the cleaning to mix more thoroughly with the water before it is sent through the beer pipes. Owing to this thorough miXing of the solution with the water, the beer pipes will be cleaned uniformly at all points. lNith the hitherto used machines, it is found., that hecause of the failure of thoroughly mixing the solution with the water, the cleaning is imperfect.

To make my invention more clear the same is illustrated in the accom anying drawings in which similar reference etters denote corres ending parts and in which- *igures l and 2 are elevations of the machine seen from sides at right angles to one another.

In the drawing, a denotes a receptacle having a vaulted top b, a vaulted bottom c and a similarly shaped cross partition d. The latter divides the rece tacle into two compartments e andf, of w lich the upper compartment e serves as a compressed air vessel, and the lower compartment f as a receptacle for the chemical solution which consists of 50% antiformin, 40% salt and 10% soda.

g is a manometer and 7L a supply opening for the solution, the latter being adapted to be closed by a cap or the like.

On the outside of the top b of the receptacle ct a vessel t is rovided, which has an air valve j and insite two or more perforated pipes lc and l. The latter form the atomizer for the chemical solution. Terminating in the vessel at one side is a pipe m having a valve or cock m and which is adapted to be connected with the water supply pipe (not shown). Communicating with the said pipe m at the rear of the valve m is a pipe n rising from the air vessel e and having a valve or cock n. With the other side of the receptacle i communicates a pipe o having a valve o and adapted to be connected by a hose o with the beer pipes to be cleaned (not shown).

Rising vertically from the solution reeep taclef through the air vessel e into the vessel t' is a pipe p having at its upper end a valve or cock p.

To the outside of the receptacle d an air pump Q of suitable construction is secured, the lower end of said pump being connected to the air vessel e by a pipe g which has a cock or valve g. The attachment of the pump is accomplished by ring-shaped braces 'r screwed into blocks s attached to the receptacle t and having clamping rings s engaging the blocks s.

The mode of operation is as follows z# After the air of about one hundred pounds is pressed into the air vessel by means of the pump g and the compartmentj` is iilled with the chemical solution, the hose o leading from one or two coupled beer pipes is connected to the pipe o. The valves m and o are opened and water from the supply is sent through the beer pipes to effect a preliminary cleansing. Thereupon the valve n is opened, all other valves, save valve o, being closed, permitting compressed air from the air vessel c to rush through the vessel i and thev beer pipes, whereby the rest of the water that may have remained in the vessel and the pipes is ejected. The valve p is then opened after closing valve of to permit compressed air to enter through valve n', and the vessel i into pipe p and through the latter into the solution receptacle f, in which it rises in. form of bubbles through the solution to the top d of the chamber. lV hen the valve n is closed and the air valve opened, the solution, owing to the high pressure of the air contained in the vessel Ajf will be forced upward through the pipe p into the vessel i, in which, by the perforated pipes k, Z, it will be atomized. Simultaneously the valves p and will be closed and valves m/ and o opened, which will permit the water to rush into the vessel i and, mixing with the atom ized chemical solution, to pass through pipe o, valve o', hose o through the beer pipes to be cleaned.

lt is understood that some Viinodi'lications may he made in the various parts of the ccnstruction without deviating from the spirit of my invention.

What l claim and desire to secure by Lete ters Patent is 1. A beer-pipe cleaning machine, comprising an air puinp, a receptacle divided into an upper Vessel communiceting,` with said air pump and a lower Vessel to contain the chemical solution, an outer vessel, evalvecontrolled pipe leading Afrom the solution coinpartment into said outei` vessel, e Valve-controlled pipe for connecting the letter with a water supply, e Valve-controlled pipe for connecting the outer Vessel witli tlie beer pipes to be cleaned, evelve connection between the air Vveesel end the outer vessel and an air valve in the latter.

2. A beer-pipe cleaning machine, co1nprising an air pump, e receptacle divided into e upper Vessel communicating with seid air pump and e lower Vessel to contain the einem: ical solution, en outer vessel, en etoniizer in the letter, e Valve-controlled pipe leading from tlie solution compartment into said outer vessel, a Valve-controlled pipe lor connecting the letter with a water supply, a Valve-controlled pipe for connecting the outer vessel with tlie beer pipes to be cleaned, a Valve connection 1soetween tlie air Vessel and the outer vessel and en air Valve in the latter.

3. A beer-pipe cleaning machine, comprising an :tir pump, a receptacle divided into ann upper Vessel communicating with seid alr pump end e lowei1 Vessel to contain the chemical Solution, en outer Vessel, perforated pipes in the latter forming an etornizer, a Valve controlled pipe leading from the solution compartment into seid outer vessel, a Velveoontrolled pipe for connecting the latter with a water supply, e Valve-controlled )ipe for connecting the outer vessel with tV 1e beer pipes to be cleaned, a valve connection between tlie air Vessel and the outei` Vessel and an air Valve in the latter.

In testimony whereof l ztf'liX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

TN/TILlrEljM GOMA N N VVitneeses I JOSEPH E. CAVANAUG-H, MAX D. ORDMANN. 

